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Dec 19, 2016Liselara rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
Dalton Trumbo was a successfull Hollywood writer who ran into a pot of trouble trying to peddle communism after the second world war. While watching this, I realized that Trumbo was bascially thumbing his nose at people putting his wife and children at extreme risk while tooling around with his political views. He eventually goes to prison for practising his constitutional rights and bankrupts the family. Up until this moment, I really hated the movie except when they showed actual footage of the McCarthey trials. When you are an individual with specific views, that's one thing. When you blatantly practice unpopular views after a major world war and then put your entire family and friends in jeopardy on purpose, then that's something else entirely, especially when you are filthy rich and just been quirky (he admits to that). Where the movie really becomes interesting is what all of the blacklisted writers had to do to get their scripts published in Hollywood. Helen Mirran is great as Hedda Hopper and John Goodman has one absolutely unforgettable scene. I would not have paid $15 to see this on screen but definitely take the time to watch this one for its historical value.